Sec. 13. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of USAID. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term Chief Innovation Officer means the Chief Innovation Officer established by section 4(a). The terms cost-effective and cost-effectiveness , with respect to a process, technology, policy, or service, means the process, technology, policy, or service produces more impact, such as in terms of benefit or value, for the same cost or produces the same impact for a lower cost as compared to another process, technology, policy, or service.
The term innovation means the development and implementation of new processes, technologies, policies, or services that provide a greater impact or are more cost-effective than current practice. The term Innovation Incentive Award means an award provided under section 5(a) under which funding is provided on a competitive basis that— encourages and rewards the development of solutions for a particular, well-defined problem relating to the alleviation of poverty or other development priority; helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas and practices, facilitating further development of an idea or practice by third parties, relating to the alleviation of poverty or other development priority; or leverages new incentives for achieving a desired result, including establishing fixed payment rates for services, or outcomes, paid retroactively to a provider upon verification of the provision of service or the achievement of the desired outcome.
The term scale up , with respect to an innovation that is proven solution (as such term is defined in section 7(d)) to a development problem in one context, means the application of the innovation to a development problem in another context, such as a development problem in a different geographic region or sector. The term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development. The term USAID operating unit means a bureau, independent office, mission, or representative office of USAID.